The Panel draws its members from major financial and business institutions, giving it an unrivalled expertise in takeovers and securities markets. The Panel comprises up to 35 members. The Chairman, Deputy Chairmen and up to twenty other members are appointed by the Panel on the recommendation of its Nomination Committee. View Panel members here.
In addition, the following bodies appoint members of the Panel:
The Chairman and the Deputy Chairmen are designated as members of the Panel’s Hearings Committee. Each of the 20 other members appointed by the Panel is designated upon appointment to act as a member of either the Panel’s Code Committee or its Hearings Committee. Up to twelve of these Panel-appointed members are designated as members of the Code Committee and up to eight are designated as members of the Hearings Committee.
The Panel may appoint designated alternates for such members of the Code Committee and the Hearings Committee. The Panel members appointed by the bodies listed above become members of the Panel’s Hearings Committee without further designation.
No person who is or has been a member (or an alternate of a member) of the Code Committee may simultaneously or subsequently be a member (or an alternate of a member) of the Hearings Committee.
The current Panel members are as follows:
| Member | Role | Appointment |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Gordon Langley |
Chairman | Appointed by the Panel |
| Antony R Beevor
Former Senior Adviser, Investment Banking, Societe Generale |
Deputy Chairman | Appointed by the Panel |
| David J Challen
Vice Chairman, European Investment Banking, Citi |
Deputy Chairman | Appointed by the Panel |
| Philip J Remnant
Chairman, Shareholder Executive |
Deputy Chairman
|
Appointed by the Panel |
| Marcus Agius
Group Chairman, Barclays |
Appointed by the British Bankers’ Association | |
| James D Agnew
Managing Director, |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Sarah Bates
Non-Executive Director, |
Appointed by the Association of Investment Companies | |
| Tim J Breedon
Group Chief Executive, |
Appointed by the Association of British Insurers | |
| Philip AJ Broadley
Group Finance Director, Old Mutual |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Alistair NC Defriez
Former Managing Director, UBS |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Douglas Ferrans
Executive Chairman, |
Appointed by the Investment Management Association | |
| John P Hall
Former Chief Executive Officer, Brewin Dolphin Holdings |
Appointed by the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers | |
| Jim Hamilton
Investec Bank |
Appointed by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe representing its Securities Trading Committee | |
| Baroness Hogg
Chairman, Financial Reporting Council |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Sir David Lees
Chairman of the Court of the Bank of England |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Martin Mannion
Director, Pensions Finance & Risk Corporate Accounting, GlaxoSmithKline UK Ltd |
Appointed by the National Association of Pension Funds | |
| Lord Morris of Handsworth
Former General Secretary, The Transport and General Workers’ Union |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Clive Parritt
Chairman, Baronsmead VCT2 |
Appointed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales | |
| Alan D Paul
Partner, Allen & Overy |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Alan F Porter
Group General Counsel, Tesco |
Appointed by the Confederation of British Industry | |
| Sir Ian Robinson
Non Executive Director, Compass Group |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Joy Seppala
Chief Executive Officer, SISU Capital |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Christopher Smith
Former Managing Director, Corporate Finance, J.P. Morgan Cazenove |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Lindsay P Tomlinson
Chairman, National Association of Pension Funds |
Appointed by the Panel | |
| Mark F Warham
Co-Head European M&A, Barclays Capital |
Appointed by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe | |
| Charles G Wilkinson
Co-Head of Corporate Broking, |
Appointed by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe representing its Corporate Finance Committee |